PRATT v. STATE

No. 857, September Term, 1977.

39 Md. App. 442 (1977)

387 A.2d 779

MARGARET MELTON PRATT v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Heeney and John M. Quinn, with whom were Heeney, McAuliffe, Rowan & Abell on the brief, for appellant.

Stephen Rosenbaum, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Andrew L. Sonner, State's Attorney for Montgomery County, and Laurence D. Beck, Assistant State's Attorney for Montgomery County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before THOMPSON, LOWE and COUCH, JJ.


THOMPSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant, Margaret Melton Pratt, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of murder in the second degree and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence. A fifteen year sentence, seven of which were suspended, was imposed on the murder charge along with a concurrent five year sentence for the handgun conviction.

The murder scenario which led to this appeal began on October...

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